Archive for January, 2010

Healthcare Connectivity Conference 2010 – March 1-3, 2010

THE MUST ATTEND HEALTH CARE IT EVENT! Leverage ARRA and other Government Stimulus Discover Best Practices Improve Care Delivery Identify Best Practices Improve Patient Compliance Achieve Systems Integration This conference convenes 11 leading health care professionals to showcase how to apply and integrate important, new technology enhancements in the hospital providing perspectives from the payor [...]


Health 2.0 Washington DC – June 7, 2010

Health 2.0 is proud to announce Health 2.0 Goes to Washington, a one day event introducing the Health 2.0 Community to DC. We’ve worked closely with folks from ONC to develop an agenda that provides the latest information on meaningful use, consumer adoption and more. This will be an opportunity for government leaders, trade associations, [...]


TEDMED 2010 – October 26 – 29, 2010

Created by Marc Hodosh and Richard Saul Wurman, TEDMED celebrates conversations that demonstrate the intersection and connections between all things medical and healthcare related: from personal health to public health, devices to design and Hollywood to the hospital. Together, this encompasses more than twenty percent of our GNP in America while touching everyone’s life around [...]


US Military Health System declares EHR a Strategic Priority

The US Military Health System has released a new 5 year Strategic Plan that has two main goals: redesigning the MHS IT architecture and delivering a robust Electronic Health Record. Furthermore the plan is focused on enabling collaboration among the armed services, Tricare the services’ health plan organization, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the MHS [...]


Longwoods Transitions – January 12th, 2010

Longwoods January 12th, 2010 eLetter Transitions: Don Schurman to Sumeraconsulting George Pink to Humana Distinguished Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health Dr. Lisa Rojkjaer (nee Payne) to Vice President, Clinical Development, MorphoSys. Gary Phillips to the Board of Directors, North West LHIN Dianne Miller to the Board of [...]


Fight Asthma with your iPhone

AsthmaMD is a new app available for the iPhone that will help patients keep track of their number and severity of Asthma attacks, medication use etc.This information can then be shared with their Doctor to provide better overall care and also to help predict and possibly prevent attacks. There is an opt in option that [...]


Microsoft Health Tech Today

Microsoft has launched an online Heatlhcare Technology show: “Health Tech Today with Dr. Bill Crounse is a monthly online series providing cutting-edge stories at the intersection of health and information technology. The show features informative interviews with some of the world’s top health leaders; compelling health-related personal stories; and the latest technology and IT innovations.” [...]


Winter Health IT Summit Phoenix – February 9th to 10th, 2010

Winter Health IT Summit February 9-10, 2010 Phoenix, AZ Mark Your Calendar for the First Must-Attend Healthcare Conference of 2010 This hosted event brings together C-level, physician, practice management and IT decision-makers from North America’s leading provider organizations and physician practices. For two full days, executives interact with a national audience of peers, national leaders [...]


Accountability and Transparency in the Health Care Sector – February 18, 2010

Accountability and Transparency in the Health Care Sector Presented by Ontario Hospital Association Course name: Accountability and Transparency in the Health Care Sector Course duration: February 18, 2010 – February 18, 2010 Location: Toronto Airport Marriott 901 Dixon Road Toronto, Ontario M9W 1J5 Course code: GC754 Download PDF Brochure Register Now From the Governance Centre [...]


WIHIR Educating Solution Integrators – February 9, 2010

Educating Solution Integrators Speaker: M.E. (Ed) Jernigan Professor and Director, Centre for Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Davis Centre, Room 1304 12:00 – 1:00pm Webcast Available at: http://hosting.epresence.tv/wihir/1.aspx Click “join” to create a user id and password. Abstract Education in the 21st century must prepare our students to engage with and [...]